SB2018022803 - XXE attack in Shibboleth
Published: February 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022803
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) XXE attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0489)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XXE attack.The vulnerability exists due to an implementation flaw in the XMLTooling library. A remote attacker can add or modify specially crafted XML data, modify digital signatures of user attribute data and impersonate a user or obtain potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.